§ Mr. D. E. Thomasasked the Secretary of State for Wales how many housing association schemes have been scrutinised 161W by his Department for the years 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978 and 1979; and how many of these schemes were over cost limits when presented to his Department.
NEW BUILDING SCHEMES Scrutinised Tenders received over yardstick Rehabilitation schemes above cost limits 1974 … … … 41 32 None 1975 … … … 47 29 None 1976 … … … 18 15 14 1977 … … … 42 23* 4 1978 … … … 25 3* 15 1979 … … … 29 0* 63 to date to date * Tenders have not been received in respect of all schemes submitted for scrutiny in these years.
§ Mr. D. E. Thomasasked the Secretary of State for Wales what was the average time taken by his Department to consider housing schemes presented by housing associations for the years 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978 and 1979.
§ Mr. Wyn RobertsThe time taken for considering individual schemes varies widely. An assessment of an average time would therefore be meaningless and could not be made without undue expenditure.